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George W. Bush on Principles & ValuesPresident of the United States, Former Republican Governor (TX) |
KERRY: Once again, Bush is misleading America. I've actually passed 56 individual bills that I've personally written and, in addition to that, and not always under my name, there are amendments on certain bills. But more importantly, with respect to the question of no record, I helped write- I did write, I was one of the original authors of the early childhood health care and the expansion of health care that we did in the middle of the 1990s. And I'm very proud of that. So Bush's wrong.
BUSH: On the big questions, about whether or not we should have gone into Afghanistan, the big question about whether we should have removed somebody in Iraq, I'll stand by those decisions because I think they're right. When they ask about the mistakes, that's what they're talking about. They're trying to say, "Did you make a mistake going into Iraq?" And the answer is absolutely not. It's a right decision. On the tax cut, it's a big decision. I did the right decision. Our recession was one of the shallowest in modern history. I made some mistakes in appointing people, but I'm not going to name them. I don't want to hurt their feelings on national TV. But history will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.
The Bush campaign billed his visit to Beaverton as a chance for ordinary citizens to pose questions to the president. But this was no town hall appearance before a cross-section of citizens. Bush-Cheney re-election headquarters had instructed Oregon campaign officials to distribute tickets, so the school gymnasium was filled last Friday with 2,000 passionate Bush backers.
Kerry's more open approach carries political risks. Sometimes protesters show up and try to disrupt his appearances. Such dissent is never a problem for Bush. When the time came to "Ask President Bush" Friday, none of his 16 questioners challenged him on his policies. Several did not ask questions at all, but simply voiced support.
Bush's parents had not told him how serious her condition was. They were afraid he might tell her. When they drove to his school to tell him she had died, George, in the second grade, spotted them and thought he saw Robin. "I got to the car still thinking Robin was there," Bush said later, "but of course, she was not."
Barbara Bush said in her memoirs, "He asked a lot of questions and couldn't understand why we had known for a long time." George felt an obligation to comfort his mother, who leaned on her son for support while her husband traveled. He would joke and laugh and make her feel better. The loss gave him a sense of how fleeting and arbitrary life can be, contributing to his lighthearted approach. Bush was bothered by the fact that, outside their family, no one mentioned Robin and her death. As he would later in life, Bush liked to confront issues.
On paper, Richard Nixon was one of the smartest presidents, with an IQ of 143, yet he orchestrated the Watergate cover-up, leading to his resignation. Bush had little interest in learning for its own sake. He was goal oriented and prized actions over words. Only if learning helped him to make a decision was he interested. What he wanted, he would say in rare reflective moments, was to "get as much out of life as possible and to do as much as possible." When he retires someday to his ranch, he has said, "I want to turn to my wife and say, My dance card was full. I lived life to the fullest."
In Skull & Bones' house were faded portraits of venerable Bonesmen-Rockefellers, Harrimans, Tafts, Whitneys, and Bushes-posing with skull and crossbones. Members called themselves "good men," a term Bush would use to describe people he trusted and admired.
Bush drank at fraternity parties and engaged in pranks. "George was a fraternity guy, but he wasn't Belushi in Animal House," recalled Calvin Hill, a DKE with Bush. He was a goodtime guy. But he wasn't the guy hugging the commode at the end of the day.
"I think he was far less wild than the media portrays it," his Skull and Bones friend Donald Etra said. "He drank but not to excess. I never saw any drugs."
The entire performance was a manifestation of Bush's intense distaste for acting and pretense. When responding to loaded questions from reporters or an unfair charge by Gore, Bush's honesty impelled him to signal, if ever so subtly, what he really thought. The smirk was not a signal of arrogance but rather an effort to convey his true feelings: that he was participating in a charade. When emerging from sessions with political types, he would roll his eyes and grouse under his breath about the "B.S." meeting he had just had. In debates with Gore, he could not very well say, "That's B.S.," so he would smirk.
"He's a bad actor, a bad pretender," an aide said. "What you see is what you get.. A real actor would not show that."
ANALYSIS: This Bush campaign�ad is literally accurate, but artfully worded to avoid tipping off viewers to the real controversy over the Peterson bill Kerry opposed-the legal right to abortion. And when the ad faults Kerry for missing a�vote to fund our�troops, it leaves out the fact that the bill passed�both houses of Congress without a single vote against it. The ad is true enough when it says�Kerry has missed the great majority of Senate votes while campaigning for President. But�it�twists the facts in its descriptions of the bills it cites�to support its�argument�that Kerry's priorities are misplaced.�
From time to time, I fired off flares, hoping to throw a bit of light-if not a warning-on where they were headed. I did so by raising these matters in my regular Find Law column. For one such column, in which I discussed the potential of impeachment if the Bush administration had intentionally manipulated government intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction an editor at Salon, which reprinted the column, used the title "Worse than Watergate"-drawing his own conclusion from the material. I could not deny that it describes perfectly what I have to say in more ways than I had anticipated.
But the lines that divided the two groups [of voters] were not mainly lines of race, nor class, but of family status and religious observance. Bush's strongest supporters were the people most outraged by Clinton's misconduct. What they wanted most from him was simple: They wanted him not to be Clinton. They were pretty much indifferent to everything in his program except the promise to lay off the interns. That was not much of a mandate to govern.
Well, if the country wanted an un-Clinton administration, they had hired the right man. Was Clinton famously unpunctual? Bush was always on time. Were the Clintons morally slack? Bush opened every cabinet meeting with a prayer.
I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America�s leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.
We have a place, all of us, in a long story, a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the American story, a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise: that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born. Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.
What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort, to defend needed reforms against easy attacks, to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.
Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.
�He�d just come up [to the big leagues] and gotten a quick look,� Bush recalled painfully. In 25 games, Sosa was batting a meager .238. Who could have predicted then that Sosa would become a superstar, slamming 66 homers for the Chicago Cubs in 1998 and dramatically dueling Mark McGwire for the all-time season home run record?
The team managers recommended the deal and he approved it, Bush remembered. �We were coming down the stretch, chasing Oakland. We were either going to kick in and stay or fade.� The Rangers faded. Oakland won the pennant and the World Series. �It just didn�t work out. Sosa just didn�t kick in.�
This is the fun stuff to talk about, I noted. �Politics is not, not fun,� Bush instantly replied.
Prosperity is not a given. Governments don�t create wealth. Wealth is created by Americans -- by creativity and enterprise and risk-taking. But government can create an environment where businesses and entrepreneurs and families can dream and flourish.
The 2000 election was the messiest and most nerve-racking in 125 years. Bush's reinvention of the Republican Party did not quite work. He lost the popular vote by half a million ballots and had to be carried over the finish line by the Supreme Court.
In the nineteenth century, three presidents received fewer votes than their main opponent. But it has been a long time since it last happened, and in the meantime, the country's attitudes toward voting and democracy have changed dramatically. Bush arrived in office politically crippled.
Many of Bush�s early proposals fit this approach, [such as his support for Charitable Choice], AmeriCorps, and character education in schools. Bush�s inaugural address was full of words like �civility,� �responsibility� and �community.�
Communitarians say Bush has yet to embrace some of their other favorite ideas: workplace flexibility, limits on urban sprawl, campaign finance reform, and having the wealthy pay more for certain government benefits.
We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice & opportunity. I know this is in our reach, because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves, who creates us equal in his image. And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.
[Bush concluded by echoing his nomination speech theme], again hitting Gore on the Clinton-Gore administration�s record on Medicare and Social Security: �On all the big issues facing this country, our message on November 7 will be loud and clear: You�ve had your chance. You have not led, and we will.�
My generation tested limits -- and our country, in some ways, is better for it. Women are now treated more equally. Racial progress has been steady, if still too slow. We are learning to protect the natural world around us. We will continue this progress, and we will not turn back. At times, we lost our way. But we are coming home.
Bush�s address was his latest attempt to say �I will be different� as he outlined a series of steps that he said would help de-escalate tensions, encourage compromise, and clean up some of the pork-barrel spending practices that have soured the public on politicians from both sides.
Bush explicitly promises to change the way Washington does business by reaching out to Democrats, sharing credit, and seeking results over partisan gains. But he also promises to restore a sense of moral purpose to the presidency.
Bush became a cheerleader at the all-boys school. He would wield a megaphone at football games and make barbed remarks about spectators and players. The show that he and his cohorts put on overshadowed the game, causing some grumbling. But the school paper came to his defense. "George's gang has done a commendable job, and now is not the time to throw a wet blanket over cheerleading," an editorial said. "School spirit had never been higher," Johnson said.
It goes without saying that it would be best to have neither a scandal nor something far worse. There is, however, only one antidote: an end to the obsessive, unjustified, and disproportionate secrecy that defines the Bush-Cheney White House.
My hope along the way is not to scandalmonger, but rather to spray as much antiscandal disinfectant-called light-as I possibly can.
Clinton had brought in eccentrics, some of them, perhaps, but also powerful intelligences, open to new ideas. The country could trust the Bush administration not to cheat or lie. But could the administration cope with an unprecedented problem? That might be rather dicier.
The reason for the bias toward the ordinary was Richard Darman, the most conspicuously brilliant person in Bush 41's White House. In the 1992 election, he attacked Bush 41 himself. And the lesson the younger Bush took from that experience was: no new Darmans.
The first is ideological. Bush, they say, is a president beholden to something they call the radical right wing. This suffers from an important defect: It's just wrong. Bush is indeed a generally conservative president, and those who oppose conservatism are right to oppose him. But he is nothing like a pure ideologue.
The second explanation for the rising anger against Bush focuses not on his policies but his politics-and especially on his supposedly uniquely ruthless campaign methods. This also falls a little short of the truth. Bush virtually never speaks disrespectfully of the Democratic Party and he rarely criticizes his opponents at all. Bush is certainly a competitive politician, and yes, he prefers to win rather than lose. But that's politics-and by the standards of the recent past, gentle politics.
BUSH: It requires a clear vision, willingness to stand by our friends, and the credibility for people, both friend and foe, to understand when America says something, we mean it.
GORE: I see a future when the world is at peace, with the United States of America promoting the values of democracy and human rights and freedom around the world. What can I bring to that challenge? I volunteered and went to Vietnam. In the House of Representatives, I served on the House Intelligence Committee. When I went to the United States Senate, I asked for an assignment to the Armed Services Committee. I was one of only 10 Democrats, along with Senator Joe Lieberman, to support Governor Bush�s dad in the Persian Gulf War resolution. And for the last eight years, I�ve served on the National Security Council.
GORE: Sometimes people who have great dreams, as young people do, are apt to stay at arm�s length from the political process because they think if they invest their hopes, they�re going to be disappointed. But thank goodness we�ve always had enough people who have been willing to push past the fear of a broken heart and become deeply involved in forming a more perfect union. We�ve got to address one of the biggest threats to our democracy: the current campaign financing system. I will make the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill the very first measure that I send to the Congress as president.
BUSH: A lot of people are tired of the bitterness in Washington. There are a lot of young folks saying, you know, �Why do I want to be involved with this mess?� And what I think needs to happen is to set aside the partisan differences and set an agenda that will make sense. I don�t think it�s the issues that turn kids off. I think it�s the tone.
BUSH: The first question is what�s in the best interests of the United States. Peace in the Middle East is in our nation�s interests. Having a hemisphere that is free for trade and peaceful is in our nation�s interests. An administration is dedicated citizens who are called by the president to serve the country. One of the things I�ve done in Texas is I�ve been able to put together a good team of people. I�ve been able to set clear goals.
BUSH: It�s important for the president to be credible with Congress and foreign nations. It�s something people need to consider. I�m going to defend my record against exaggerations. Exaggerations like only 5% of seniors receive benefits under my Medicare package. That�s what he said the other day. That�s simply not the case.
GORE: I got some of the details wrong last week. I�m sorry about that. One of the reasons I regret it is that getting a detail wrong interfered with my point. However many days that young girl in Florida stood in her classroom doesn�t change the fact that there are a lot of overcrowded classrooms in America and we need to do something about that. I can�t promise that I will never get another detail wrong. But I will promise you that I will work my heart out to get the big things right for the American people.
Q: Does that resolve the issue?
BUSH: That�s going to be up to the people.
A: I know it comes across that way. I don�t think it�s fair. This will be an administration of people well suited to their jobs. I�m secure enough that I want smart people around me. I�m comfortable with people who have high intellects.
Q: So how do you assure folks you�re smart enough to be President?
A: I�m confident of my intellect. I wouldn�t be running if I wasn�t. My job will not be to out-think everybody in my administration. My job will be to assemble an administration full of very capable and bright people.
Q: So getting the smartest people to tell you what to do.
A: No, no, no. Not tell me what to do. Make recommendations. Plus, I�m not going to have a group of people who say the same thing.
Q: So what happens when they disagree?
A: These people don�t decide for me. I�m going to have to decide. I will overrule my advisers. I�ve done that before. My job is to get good thinkers and get the best out of them.
BUSH: My faith plays a big part in my life. Prayer and religion sustain me. When I make decisions, I stand on principle, and the principles are derived from who I am. I believe we ought to love our neighbor like we love ourself, as manifested in public policy through the faith-based initiative. I believe that God wants everybody to be free. And that's been part of my foreign policy. In Afghanistan, I believe that the freedom there is a gift from the Almighty.
KERRY: I went to a church school and I was taught that the two greatest commandments are: Love God, with all your mind, your body and your soul, and love your neighbor as yourself.I think we have a lot more loving of our neighbor to do. We have an unequal school system. And the president and I have a difference of opinion about how we live out our sense of our faith. I talked about it earlier when I talked about faith without works being dead.
"When I left here, I didn't have much in the way of a life plan," Bush told students when he returned to Yale in 2001. "I knew some people who thought they did. But it turned out that we were all in it for the ups and downs, most of them unexpected. Life takes its turns, makes it own demands, writes its own story. And along the way, we start to realize we are not the author."
No one could have anticipated the peril that America would face during the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet no one could have been better suited to confronting that peril. It required vision, courage, patience, optimism, integrity, focus, discipline, determination, decisiveness, and devotion to America.
Goodness had been one of the main themes of Bush's campaign speeches. He often observed that if the government could ever write a law that could make people love their neighbors, he would be glad to sign it. This was, when you think about it, an odd thing for a Republican president to say. If Congress had sent Ronald Reagan a law obliging people to love their neighbors, he would have vetoed it as an impertinent infringement of personal liberty, and unconstitutional besides.
But Bush came from & spoke for a very different culture from that of the individualistic Ronald Reagan: the culture of modern Evangelicalism. To understand the Bush White House you must understand its predominant creed. It was a kindly faith, practical and unmystical.
No matter what our background, in prayer, we share something universal -- a desire to speak and listen to our maker, and to know his plan for our lives.
An American president serves people of every faith, and serves some with no faith at all. I have found my faith helps me in the service to people. Faith teaches humility.
A charge to keep I have,[Hanging in my office is] a beautiful oil painting by W.H.D. Koerner entitled A Charge to Keep. The painting, inspired by the hymn, [pictures] a horseman determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep & rough trail. This is us. [The painting and] hymn have been an inspiration for me & for members of my staff. �A Charge to Keep� calls us to our highest and best. It speaks of purpose and direction. In many hymnals, it is associated with a Bible verse, 1 Corinthians 4:2: �Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.�
A God to glorify,
A never dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill;
O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master�s will!
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Such factors as religious service attendance, belief, practice, familiarity with doctrine, belief in certain creeds, etc., may be important to sociologists, religious leaders, and others. But these are measures of religiosity and are usually not used academically to define a person�s membership in a particular religion. It is important to recognize there are various levels of adherence, or membership within religious traditions or religious bodies. There�s no single definition, and sources of adherent statistics do not always make it clear what definition they are using.
The National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation�s governors and one of Washington�s most respected public policy organizations. NGA provides governors with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing policy reports on innovative state programs and hosting networking seminars for state government executive branch officials. The NGA Center for Best Practices focuses on state innovations and best practices on issues that range from education and health to technology, welfare reform, and the environment. NGA also provides management and technical assistance to both new and incumbent governors.
Since their initial meeting in 1908 to discuss interstate water problems, governors have worked through the National Governors Association to deal with issues of public policy and governance relating to the states. The association�s ongoing mission is to support the work of the governors by providing a bipartisan forum to help shape and implement national policy and to solve state problems.
Fortune Magazine recently named NGA as one of Washington�s most powerful lobbying organizations due, in large part, to NGA�s ability to lead the debate on issues that impact states. From welfare reform to education, from the historic tobacco settlement to wireless communications tax policies, NGA has influenced major public policy issues while maintaining the strength of our Federalist system of government.
There are three standing committees�on Economic Development and Commerce, Human Resources, and Natural Resources�that provide a venue for governors to examine and develop policy positions on key state and national issues.
[Note: NGA positions represent a majority view of the nation�s governors, but do not necessarily reflect a governor�s individual viewpoint. Governors vote on NGA policy positions but the votes are not made public.]


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Screwfly Solution, The (2006)
Author: Brett Gallman
Submitted by:
Brett Gallman
Date : 2012-12-19 02:16
Written by:
Sam Hamm (teleplay), James Tiptree, Jr. (original short story)
Directed by:
Joe Dante
Jason Priestley, Kerry Norton and Linda Darlow
Reviewed by:
Brett Gallman
The producers of
Masters of Horror
didnt mess with a good thing when it came to Joe Dante. Not only did they tap him for another episode after delivering the first seasons best episode, but they re-paired him screenwriter Sam Hamm for another socially conscious film. Like
The Screwfly Solution
presents another endtimes scenario by way of socio-political commentary that doesnt end up being nearly as pointed as Dantes previous effort, but its one of the better episodes of the second season all the same.
Instead of featuring the dead returning from their graves,
The Screwfly Solution
features your garden variety apocalyptic virus that compels violence in its victims. However, in this case, the apparent airborne virus only targets men, as a rash of brutal, misogynist femicide breaks out all over the world. A duo of scientists (Jason Priestley and Elliot Gould) are pressed into service by the government because theyve developed the screwfly solution, a genetic enzyme that curbs the insect population. The two postulate that someone (or something) has managed to do the same thing to the human race, as the virus has been released as a means of extermination.
Screwfly is more vaguely political than Homecoming; the misogyny ends up being guided by a religious zealotry, so of course the screenplay cant help but make the token references to Islamic culture. Initially, it seems like the film might be set to draw some sort of parallel between American evangelism and fundamentalist Muslim culture, but any commentary is soft-pedaled when its all just made a symptom of a virus. As such,
becomes a pretty standard apocalyptic thriller, albeit one thats pretty sharp when its making some admittedly on-the-nose points about how shitty men can be towards women. In this case, it leads to deranged and haunting violence, as men are casually compelled to kill the female population, who are discarded like so much trash, essentially.
It results in a rather eerie conception of the apocalypse, too. Screwfly Solution ends up being one of those slice-of-life deals where the fallout is funneled through a small set of characters. At first, it looks to be Priestly and Gould tag-teaming against the end of the world as they attempt to drum up solutions to stave off the end. The search is short-lived, though, as the two come to a rather sobering conclusion: theres little hope, and, unless they can find a way to chemically castrate men at an alarming rate, mankind is going to wipe itself out in a hurry. As the virus creeps northward and this inevitability sets in, the scene shifts to focus on Priestleys wife (Kerry Norton) and daughter (Brenna OBrien), both of whom end up on the run when the epidemic lands in their hometown. This leads to the films most intense, harrowing sequence, as Priestley rushes home to rescue them, and the ambiguity surrounding his own possible infection is a captivating angle.
But then the film shifts yet again and takes an even weirder turn. Most of these
Masters of Horror
episodes have been about right in terms of length, but this is the rare one that could probably benefit from being extended to a full-blown feature. The characters it introduces are solid and affable, particularly Priestley and his family, and Gould of course provides a sturdy, good-hearted presence. I just wish wed been able to spend a little bit more time with them and allow the film to breathe a little bit more; when a film shifts gears as much as
The Screwfly Solution
does, it comes off as a bit herky-jerky with such a short run-time. What we have, though, is a well-done and surprisingly straight-laced effort from Dante, whose wry humor is mostly muted (save for one kind of cheeky moment of reflexivity when a bunch of the fanatics are reveling in violent programming).
Instead, this is one of Dantes most grim and savage films that paints a bleak, desolate portrait of a species that needs to be eradicated. While it isnt nearly as smart or perceptive as
, its good evidence that Joe Dante was one of the masters that still had plenty of gas left in the tank during this series. The atmosphere is dreary, the pulses of violence stark and sobering, and the weirdness well-spun into a cool little yarn that might renege a bit on its socio-political aspirations but relays an ominous warning all the same. As always, Anchor Bay delivered a nice DVD for
The Screwfly Solution
; Dante actually shot this film digitally, which usually sets off a lot of warning bells, but its a nice looking film thats done justice on the disc. The usual set of extras accompany the film: a behind-the-scenes look, a feature dedicated to the special effects, and an audio commentary with Dante and Hamm. Just as Dantes first season episode could comfortably rest alongside the rest of his canon on your shelf, so too can The Screwfly Solution.
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Text description provided by the architects. In the district of Tincer, on the outskirts of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and close to the boundaries between the city, the mountains and the motorway, is the new Tenerife Athletics Centre, a monumental scale project that reflects the volcanic origin in the formalisation of a crater with slopes that are fixed thanks to the Cyclopean volcanic rocks that cover it, creating an image that evokes a pyroclastic cone. This single forceful proposal resolve a programme that integrates a range of different uses, under a unifying petrified mantle. At the same time, this action lays claim to its iconic value through its dimensions, while the impact on the environment is minimised. The crater provides a new raised public space to the exterior, finished in irregular basalt stone, from where a visual relationship is established with the Atlantic Ocean. Inside, we see the different facilities that include a high performance centre, a gymnasium, dressing rooms, warming up track, press room a lecture theatre/projection room, opening onto the indoor space via a set of mobile screen walls, with a capacity for 200 people.The athletics track is situated half way up the slope on the plot, so the earth moving of the excavation and the embankment are off-set in the new topography that is generated.
The terraces, with capacity for 4000 spectators, blur into the boundaries of the plot, where the natural blends with the artificial.
The volcanic basalt stone is the leading player in this proposal, as it is the very same stone that has been dug out from this site to act as a foundation for the great stone banks that will protect athletes from the Trade Winds when indulging in their sport.
The large open empty space that has been used to generate the "indoor space" under a roof, has meant that a large amount of basalt stone has been dug out, covering the needs for this material, re-used in the different building units.
The embankments around the sports arena, which formalise the volcanic cone, have been built by mechanically introducing stone blocks from the excavations, which are place on the steeper slopes with concrete. They have also been placed on the outside face of the wall, and built as dry stone walls on the inside. The inter-cellular spaces between stones are filled with soil, to reinforce the growth of native flora on the embankments.
In the area with the greatest height difference with the surrounding ground, the greater height of the embankment is used to make it habitable and place the residential area for sportsmen there in 12 apartments providing accommodation for 48 athletes.
The outer slabs that are cut off the volcanic rock that is excavated using an angle grinder are used on the outside, while the cut pieces will be used in the square and the area around the stadium. These outer slabs of stone will provide continuity to the stone embankments, creating a single image of the entire volcanic cone.
Another of the challenges of this design is to integrate it into the town layout by means of a new public space. A large, slightly sloping platform formalises a new public square in the neighbourhood. The stone, this time cut with an angle grinder, to a size of 4 cm thick, harnesses the irregularity of the smaller sized stone blocks in the entire dimension to lay out a large stone mantle that merges together at the edges when it reaches the ends of the perimeter embankments.
The rest of the stone left over from the earth moving has been re-used and crushed mechanically on site, as crushed stone, in a 10-15 cm thick layer to filter rain and irrigation water used on the natural grass.
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A new urban landscape is defined in the new sports facility established on the outskirts of Santa Cruz, in which the dissolution of the boundaries between the city and the territory take on a leading value, defining the landscape and how it behaves with the natural environment and the relations that this facility establishes with the city.
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Lake Villa is a village in Lake County, Illinois United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,741. Lake Villa lies within Lake Villa Township and about 50 miles north of Chicago and is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA). == Geography == Lake Villa is located at 42°25′3″N 88°4′56″W (42.417546, -88.082360).According to the 2010 census, Lake Villa has a total area of 6.994 square miles (18.11 km2), of which 6.19 square miles (16.03 km2) (or 88.5%) is land and 0.804 square miles (2.08 km2) (or 11.5%) is water.The village lies in a gently rolling moraine landscape, dominated by lakes of glacial origin known as the Chain O'Lakes. Among these are Cedar Lake, north of the village center, and Deep Lake, to the east.
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A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has discovered a key molecular partnership that coordinates body rhythms and metabolism.
Lazar and his colleagues, including the study's first author, Penn Veterinary Medicine doctoral student Theresa Alenghat, studied a protein called NCoR that modulates the body's responses to metabolic hormones. They engineered a mutation into mice that prevents NCoR from working with an enzyme that is normally its partner, HDAC3. These animals showed changes in the expression of clock and metabolic genes, and were leaner, more sensitive to insulin, and on different sleep-wake cycles than controls.
The role of the NCoR-HDAC3 partnership in regulating the body's internal clock was previously unknown. HDAC3 is an enzyme that affects gene expression by binding to receptors in the cell nucleus to affect genes' activity, but not by directly changing DNA. The findings suggest that HDAC via NCoR controls the body's internal clock, and therefore metabolism, through this epigenetic change. Their findings are reported in this week's issue of Nature.
"In the fight against the obesity and diabetes epidemics, disruption of NCoR and its enzyme partner, might be a valuable new weapon," says Lazar.
Most physiological processes cycle every day and night, and the most well-known of these circadian rhythms is the sleep-wake cycle. Abnormal sleep patterns, such as those of shift-workers, can be risk factors for metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. "These diseases have reached epidemic proportions, so scientists are urgently seeking to understand the connections between biological rhythms and metabolism," notes Lazar.
The daily rhythm of mice with the disrupted molecular partnership was shortened by almost half an hour. Over time, this added up to a shifted daily rhythm.
The mice were also leaner (not gaining as much weight when put on a high-fat diet), and they were protected from developing resistance to the action of insulin, which is a hallmark of the most common form of diabetes in people. Expression of several metabolic genes was also altered in the engineered mice.
"The molecular partnership regulates hormone action as well as clock genes that coordinate circadian rhythms," says Lazar. "It's extraordinary that, despite their abnormal sleep-wake cycle, which might have been predicted to cause metabolic problems, the mice were actually healthier metabolically.
"However this finding doesn't mean people should start changing their sleep patterns because this is really evidence that there is coordination between metabolism and circadian activities, including sleep," cautions Lazar. "It's not that the mice are sleeping less, it's that their sleep cycle is shifted, when compared to mice maintained on a normal sleep-wake cycle."
Companies are currently targeting enzymes like HDAC with drugs called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. "However there are dozens of HDACs, which do not all have the same molecular target," says Lazar. "If we target all of them we will get unwanted side effects related to the other HDACs. Our results suggest that HDAC3, and especially its partnership with NCoR, could be a specific target for diabetes and obesity."
In addition to Lazar and Alenghat, Penn co-authors are Katherine Meyers, Shannon Mullican, Kirstin Leitner, Adetoun Adeniji-Adele, Jacqueline Avila, Maja Bu?an, Rex Ahima, and Klaus Kaestner. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases provided funding for this research.
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An international team of scientists from the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, the University of North Carolina and several institutions in China have explained how a gene alteration can lead to the development of a type of brain cancer, and they have identified a compound that could staunch the cancer's growth.
The researchers, led by Kun-Liang Guan, PhD, professor of pharmacology at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, have shown that when a mutated enzyme fails to do its job, the development of tumor-feeding blood vessels increases, allowing more nutrients and oxygen to fuel cancer growth. They have also shown in the laboratory that they could reverse the mutant enzyme's effects, effectively blocking this process, called angiogenesis, and provide a potential future treatment strategy against some types of brain tumors. They reported their findings in the current issue of the journal Science.
According to Guan, researchers have known that a mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1), contributed to certain brain tumors called low grade gliomas and secondary glioblastomas, but no one understood how. Guan, Yue Xiong, PhD, at the University of North Carolina and their co-investigators have now shown that this is because alterations in a specific gene, IDH1, impairs the body's ability to keep a tumor growth-promoting protein, HIF-1 alpha, in check.
The IDH1 enzyme works to produce a compound called alpha-KG, which is required for HIF-1 breakdown. Without that control, HIF-1 can run amok, promoting angiogenesis and tumor growth. The team was able to reverse this HIF-1 alpha effect by adding a modified form of alpha-KG to brain tumor cells in culture.
"This suggests a direction to exploit cell permeable alpha-KG for potential treatment of brain cancer patients with an IDH1 mutation," Guan said.
He added that IDH1 appears to function as a tumor suppressor gene that when altered – and turned off – can contribute to tumor formation through the HIF-1 pathway. But Guan noted, "IDH1 is not your usual suspect as a cancer gene."
He explained that the alteration in IDH1 is a substitution of an amino acid in one copy of the gene without losing the other normal copy (every gene in normal human cells has two copies), which is different from most tumor suppressor genes. Most either have genetic material that is deleted or truncated – not a single amino acid substitution.
Guan, Xiong and their group are hopeful about their findings. Understanding mechanisms behind the development of such brain tumors is critical to clinical advances, Guan said. "Because of their ability to reverse HIF-1 levels, drugs mimicking alpha-KG may be worth exploring as possible therapies for these types of gliomas."


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Fun news from runDisney today!! The Wine and Dine Half-Marathon that we've all grown to know and love has been moved! That's right, it will now be taking place at the end of the festival — November 9-10!
In its place is a brand new 10-mile race under the moniker of the Tower of Terror 10-Miler! This race will take place on September 29, 2012, and will feature a course through Hollywood Studios. A private afterparty will follow this race as well!
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It was during oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, one of two same-sex marriage cases the Supreme Court took up in March, that Justice Sonia Sotomayor raised the inescapable question, the one that has always loomed over the campaign to radically redefine marriage: Where would the changes end?
"If you say that marriage is a fundamental right," Sotomayor challenged Ted Olson, the lawyer urging the court to invalidate California's Proposition 8 defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, "what state restrictions could ever exist?" If the Constitution won't permit marriage to be limited to spouses of the opposite sex, then how can it allow "state restrictions with respect to the number of people . . . that could get married" or "the incest laws?" Presumably states would still be free to ban child marriages, she said, but other than that, "what's left?"
In other words, if it's arbitrary and unjust to forbid same-sex marriage, isn't it just as arbitrary and unjust to forbid plural marriage? Or sibling marriage? Once the right to "marriage equality" is enshrined in law, how could any union of consenting adults be denied a marriage license, regardless of traditional norms or definitions?
There is nothing new about this concern, of course. Opponents of same-sex marriage have sounded it for years. Frequently they were accused of pandering to bigotry, or engaging in slippery-slope hysteria. "This is not an argument, it's a panic," wrote Andrew Sullivan, one of the earliest champions of same-sex marriage, in 1996. "To the best of my knowledge, there is no polygamists' rights organization poised to exploit same-sex marriage to return the republic to polygamous abandon. Indeed, few in the same-sex marriage camp have anything but disdain for such an idea."
Sullivan's mocking putdown may have been effective a decade and a half ago. Even now many gay-marriage advocates are inclined to smear as "haters" and "homophobes" those who warn that the drastic revision of marriage won't end with same-sex weddings.
Yet today the avant-garde of "marriage equality" has moved far beyond merely demanding that two men be allowed to marry, or two women.
"Let's not forget that the fight doesn't end with same-sex marriage. We need to legalize polygamy too," wrote Jillian Keenan in Slate last month. "Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less 'correct' than marriage among three (or four, or six) consenting adults."
Keenan's view may not yet command majority support, but her essay is calm, thoughtful, and well-argued, and Slate is a popular, mainstream liberal journal. Her arguments for legalizing multiple-partner "marriages" come across not as scandalizing or outrageous, but as—familiar. After all, they're just a logical extension of what by now is the well-known case for same-sex marriage. For years, Americans have been instructed that the marital laws should be inclusive and nonjudgmental, that people should have the right to marry whomever they love, that only a bigot or a reactionary would deny a marriage license to Heather's two mommies. Why should anything change if Heather has three mommies and a daddy?
In a lawsuit underway in federal court, Kody Brown and his four wives are challenging Utah's anti-bigamy law. "The Browns wanted to show people that a plural family is not a monstrosity," George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told the judge. The ACLU has long opposed "all criminal and civil laws prohibiting or penalizing the practice of plural marriage." Utah's law may be safe for now, but it will only grow harder to make a principled case that "marriage equality" should be denied to anyone for reasons of tradition or morality.
And you don't have to be a social conservative or an opponent of same-sex marriage to realize it. Sotomayor, an Obama appointee, is one of the high court's staunch liberals, but she knows that the logic of "marriage equality" — of declaring that marriage can mean whatever consenting adults want it to mean — is a lot easier to unleash than to call back. Increasingly, many gay-marriage activists embrace the idea that even more dramatic changes, and the undermining of still other family norms, are to come. It is to Sotomayor's credit that the prospect gives her pause.
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The excavation took place at Kostenki, a group of more than 20 sites along the Don River that have been under study for many decades. Kostenki previously has yielded anatomically modern human bones and artifacts dating between 30,000 and 40,000 years old, including the oldest firmly dated bone and ivory needles with eyelets that indicate the early inhabitants were tailoring animal furs to help them survive the harsh climate.From the New York Times:
An international team of researchers reported today that the age of the South African skull, which they dated at about 36,000 years old, coincided with the age of and closely resembled the skulls of humans who were then living in Europe and the far eastern parts of Asia, even Australia.The discovery of these resemblances lends some support to the idea that I have expressed previously that only a subset of modern humans (which I have called Afrasians) was responsible for the colonization of Eurasia. At the time frame in question, these resemblances would have been marked, since (i) intermixture with pre-existing populations (such as "Paleoafricans" or pre-moderns in Europe) did not have time to take place yet, and (ii) racial differentiation had only just begun. This paragraph says it all:
Because the Bushmen are well represented in the more recent archaeological record, Dr. Harvati said, they were expected to bear a close resemblance to the Hofmeyr skull. Instead, the skull was found to be quite distinct from all recent Africans, including the Bushmen, she said, and it has "a very close affinity" with fossil specimens of Europeans living in the Upper Paleolithic, the period best known for advanced stone tools and cave art.The dissimilarity to recent Africans of the Hofmeyr skull can be easily explained if it is understood that recent Africans are not only descended from the "Afrasians" that I have spoken of, but also from the older "Paleofricans" whose existence can be inferred both by genetics (human mtDNA and Y-chromosomes are older than the ~40kya mark) and paleoanthropology (modern humans such as Omo and Herto are 100-200kya old).
"Much to my amazement," Dr. Grine said in an interview, "the skull linked very closely with those from Europe at the time and not with South African remains 15,000 years on."
It also stresses the idea that contrary to popular treatments such as Spencer Wells' Journey of Man, the appearance of African hunter-gatherers such as the Khoi-San should not be used as a model of what mankind's earliest African ancestors looked like.
Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and Modern Human Origins
F. E. Grine et al.
The lack of Late Pleistocene human fossils from sub-Saharan Africa has limited paleontological testing of competing models of recent human evolution. We have dated a skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, to 36.2 ± 3.3 thousand years ago through a combination of optically stimulated luminescence and uranium-series dating methods. The skull is morphologically modern overall but displays some archaic features. Its strongest morphometric affinities are with Upper Paleolithic (UP) Eurasians rather than recent, geographically proximate people. The Hofmeyr cranium is consistent with the hypothesis that UP Eurasians descended from a population that emigrated from sub-Saharan Africa in the Late Pleistocene.
Early Upper Paleolithic in Eastern Europe and Implications for the Dispersal of Modern Humans
M. V. Anikovich et al.
Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating and magnetic stratigraphy indicate Upper Paleolithic occupation—probably representing modern humans—at archaeological sites on the Don River in Russia 45,000 to 42,000 years ago. The oldest levels at Kostenki underlie a volcanic ash horizon identified as the Campanian Ignimbrite Y5 tephra that is dated elsewhere to about 40,000 years ago. The occupation layers contain bone and ivory artifacts, including possible figurative art, and fossil shells imported more than 500 kilometers. Thus, modern humans appeared on the central plain of Eastern Europe as early as anywhere else in northern Eurasia.


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Agoura Hills is a city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 20,330 at the 2010 census, which decreased to 20,299 in 2020. It is in the eastern Conejo Valley between the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains. The city is in western Los Angeles County and is bordered to the north by Bell Canyon and Ventura County. It is 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles and less than 10 miles (16 km) west of the Los Angeles city limits at Woodland Hills. Agoura Hills and unincorporated Agoura sit next to Calabasas, Oak Park, and Westlake Village.
The area was first settled by the Chumash Native Americans around 10,000 years ago. The Alta California (Upper California) coast was settled by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in the late 18th century.
In 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported that the New Zealand mud snail had infested watersheds in the Santa Monica Mountains, posing serious threats to native species and complicating efforts to improve stream-water quality for the endangered steelhead trout. According to the article, the snails have expanded "from the first confirmed sample in Medea Creek in Agoura Hills to nearly 30 other stream sites in four years." Researchers at the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission believe that the snails' expansion may have been expedited after the mollusks traveled from stream to stream on the gear of contractors and volunteers.
At the 2010 census Agoura Hills had a population of 20,330. The population density was 2,599.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,003.5/km2). The racial makeup of Agoura Hills was 17,147 (84.3%) White, (78.6% Non-Hispanic White), 267 (1.3%) African American, 51 (0.3%) Native American, 1,521 (7.5%) Asian, 24 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 590 (2.9%) from other races, and 730 (3.6%) from two or more races. There were 1,936 Hispanic or Latino residents, of any race (9.5%).
Agoura Hills is governed by a City Council/City Manager form of government. A five-member City Council is elected by the residents to oversee city operations and guide the development of the community. Councilmembers are elected to four-year terms. The terms are staggered so that a measure of continuity is maintained from one Council to the next. The role of Mayor rotates among the Councilmembers. The Mayor is chosen by the City Council members to serve a one-year term. The City Manager is appointed by the City Council to supervise the administrative personnel and contract services.
Top Sites in Agoura Hills, California are the Malibu Creek State Park, Chumash Park, Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing.
Population: 19,825 (2021) Elevation: 922′ ZIP Codes: 91301, 91376–91377 Area code: 747/818.
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On Friday, some WIndows Phone 8 users discovered that you can no longer access the Google Maps website via devices running Windows Phone 7 or 8. While on the surface it seems like Google is deliberately crippling its own services on a competing mobile operating system, there's much more to the story than meets the eye.
The mobile version of Google Maps never officially supported Windows Phone, because the version of IE that comes with it doesn't have the WebKit support that Maps needs to work properly. That doesn't mean that Google isn't intentionally blocking Maps on phones that run Microsoft's OS, but it's more likely that the company fixed a bug that allowed these unsupported devices access in the first place.
Since Google doesn't seem too keen on developing apps for Windows Phone--the company has a search app that hasn't been updated in over a year--and with the search giant reportedly preventing Microsoft from building a proper YouTube app, it's unlikely that this development will make Google more popular with either Microsoft or the Windows Phone users out there who use its services.
Google may be pushing for people to buy into using devices that run Android, but if the company can make its offerings work on iOS then it can definitely do the same for Windows Phone.


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This Day in Sports History — September 3
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on September 3:
1911 — William Larned won his fifth straight United States national tennis championship at Forest Hills, N.Y. (More info.)
1935 — Sir Malcolm Campbell of Kent, England, became the first person to drive over 300 miles an hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. (More info.)
1950 — Nino Farina became the first Formula One world drivers' champion by winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. (More info.)
1972 — Lasse Viren of Finland recovered from being knocked down in the 10,000-meter race at the Summer Olympics at Munich to come back to win in a world record-time of 27 minutes and 38.3 seconds. (More info.)
1977 — Baseball star Sadaharu Oh hit his 756th career home run in the Japanese league to surpass Hank Aaron's MLB total. (More info.)
1981 — Jerry Remy of the Boston Red Sox notched an American League record-tying six hits in 10 at-bats of a 20-inning game against the Seattle Mariners. (More info.)
1990 — Relief pitcher Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox broke the major league save record by recording his 47th save in a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals at Chicago. He finished the season with 57 saves. (More info.)


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Related to: Does reaping in Galatians 6:9 refer to salvation?
Galatians 6:9 (NASB)
9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
If the word reaping in Galatians 6:9 were interpreted to refer to salvation, does Galatians 6:9 contain a causality that would imply works salvation?
In other words, would it imply that salvation is dependent upon "doing good"?


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By Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press
A glass of wine a day could help prevent kidney disease, a new study concludes.
For those who already have kidney disease, wine might protect their hearts.
According to a University of Colorado-Denver researcher, people who drank up to one glass of wine a day had a 37 percent lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease than those who drank no wine at all. And those who already had chronic kidney disease were 29 percent less likely than teetotalers to have cardiovascular disease if they drank less than a glass a day.
The researcher, Dr. Tapan Mehta, used 2003-2006 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on 5,852 individuals, 1,031 of whom had chronic kidney disease. He presented preliminary findings this week at a meeting of the National Kidney Foundation.
The findings back up previous studies that also suggest that a single glass of red wine a day for women — up to two glasses for men — help protect your heart, said Dr. Leslie Spry, spokesman for the foundation.
It may be that the alcohol and antioxidants in red wine boost levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) and protect against artery damage, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Mehta's study didn't differentiate between red and white wine.
"It doesn't surprise me that, as we learn that wine is protective to the heart, we're seeing the same effect on the kidneys," said Dr. Joel Topf, a Detroit area nephrologist and president of the scientific advisory board of the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.
But think twice before you run out to purchase a case of your favorite wine.
Topf notes that more research must be done to clearly establish cause and effect. It's not clear, for example, whether those who were sickly or had kidney disease had avoided alcohol because of their health concerns or whether the avoidance led to health problems.
More important, too much wine can push up blood pressure — a major cause of chronic kidney disease.
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GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands — Parachutes glowing gold and white against clear blue skies, hundreds of paratroopers floated to the ground in the eastern Netherlands on Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of a daring but ultimately unsuccessful mission that Allied commanders hoped would bring a swift end to World War II.
Operation Market Garden dropped nearly 35,000 paratroopers deep behind enemy lines in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. After landing, the troops were to capture and secure key roads and bridges so Allied forces massed in Belgium could pour into Germany's industrial heartland.
Recreating the mass drops of September 1944, military aircraft flew low over Ginkel Heath on Saturday and current military parachutists leaped out. Thousands of spectators watched and applauded the soldiers once they were on the ground.
One veteran of the original landing, Sandy Cortmann, jumped again Saturday while strapped to a British paratrooper. After their landing, a wheelchair took Cortmann to a tent to watch the anniversary ceremony.
The British 1st Airborne Division led the huge airborne assault 75 years ago that was part of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery ill-fated plan for Operation Market Garden. Paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and Poland's 1st Independent Parachute Brigade also were dropped into the Netherlands.
British veteran Les Fuller was 23-years-old when he leapt behind enemy lines close to Arnhem with orders to capture the city's bridge over the Rhine. Now 98, he still remembers it clearly.
"It was a day like today. Weather was just like this; lovely sunny day," he said, adding there was no opposition on the Sunday afternoon when he landed close to two German soldiers lying in the heathland with their girlfriends.
"They were quite surprised to see me," he added with a cheeky smile.
But as he and other paratroopers got to Arnhem there was plenty of opposition from German troops. He was hit by a German shell and his right arm was amputated shortly afterward.
The Allied troops met stubborn German resistance in and around Arnhem. Their advance stalled on a bridge spanning the River Rhine, a battle immortalized in the book and Hollywood film "A Bridge Too Far."
More Allied troops — about 11,500 — died in the nine days of Operation Market Garden than during the D-Day landings in France two months earlier.
Veterans of the operation, a group with ever-dwindling members, attended the mass parachute drop, joined by Britain's Prince Charles, the former Dutch queen, Princess Beatrix, and other dignitaries.
Charles, wearing camouflage fatigues and the parachute regiment's maroon beret, mingled with the veterans after the service as more paratroopers drifted to the ground behind him.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he attended to pay tribute to the World War II heroes and said that Operation Market Garden showed "the importance of forces from different countries being able to operate together and that is exactly what NATO is about."
Lt. Col. Andrew Wareing, Commanding Officer of the 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, said Market Garden defined airborne operations and the "bloody mindedness" of paratroopers.
"For that reason and on subsequent battlefields from the Falkland Islands to Afghanistan, when facing adversity and danger, British paratroopers' have spoken the same words," he said. "'Remember Arnhem, lads.' 'Keep going, we won't let them down ... show them the Arnhem spirit.'"


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has anyone got any info about the Ox herding paintings i.e. where they originated, when, the most famous ones and if they are still used today?
So basically any info really new or old.
Thanks in advance
has anyone got any info about the Ox herding paintings i.e. where they originated, when, the most famous ones and if they are still used today?
So basically any info really new or old.
Thanks in advance
I also want to emphasize is that some Zen students are looking for culmination in that vast, empty circle. However, the return to the marketplace, this muddy world, is truly culmination ... the place where the search began but now quite otherwise.
From D.T.Suzuki (Manual of Zen Buddhism) ..
The author of these "Ten Oxherding Pictures" is said to be a Zen master of the Sung Dynasty known as Kaku-an Shi-en (Kuo-an Shih-yuan) belonging to the Rinzai school. He is also the author of the poems and introductory words attached to the pictures. He was not however the first who attempted to illustrate by means of pictures stages of Zen discipline, for in his general preface to the pictures he refers to another Zen master called Seikyo (Ching-chu), probably a contemporary of his, who made use of the ox to explain his Zen teaching. But in Seikyo's case the gradual development of the Zen life was indicated by a progressive whitening of the animal, ending in the disappearance of the whole being. There were in this only five pictures, instead of ten as by Kaku-an. Kaku-an thought this was somewhat misleading because of an empty circle being made the goal of Zen discipline. Some might take mere emptiness as all important and final. Hence his improvement resulting in the "Ten Oxherding Pictures" as we have them now.
According to a commentator of Kaku-an's Pictures, there is another series of the Oxherding Pictures by a Zen master called jitoku Ki (Tzu-te Hui), who apparently knew of the existence of the Five Pictures by Seikyo, for jitoku's are six in number. The last one, No. 6, goes beyond the stage of absolute emptiness where Seikyo's end: the poem reads:
"Even beyond the ultimate limits there extends a passageway,
Whereby he comes back among the six realms of existence;
Every worldly affair is a Buddhist work,
And wherever he goes he finds his home air;
Like a gem he stands out even in the mud,
Like pure gold he shines even in the furnace;
Along the endless road [of birth and death] he walks sufficient unto himself,
In whatever associations he is found he moves leisurely unattached."
Gassho, J
Here's a nice link if you like to see those Ox pictures http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/Visu ... ding1.html


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New research gives answers on the relationship between chronic illness and food insecurity
Research findings provide direct evidence that people with chronic diseases are more likely to be food insecure - that is suffering from inadequate, insecure access to food as a result of financial constraints. Previous research has shown that food insecurity rates are highest among low-income households, in households reliant on social assistance, reporting Aboriginal status, renting rather than owning their dwelling, and lone-parent female-led (see recent annual report from PROOF). Even taken together though, these factors provide only a partial explanation for the vulnerability to food insecurity. New research by investigators at the Universities of Toronto and Calgary suggests that adults' health status is another determinant of whether or not households experience food insecurity.
The researchers used Statistics Canada data to examine how the health status of adults influenced the chances of their households being food insecure. Adults with chronic health problems (e.g., back problems, arthritis, migraines, diabetes, heart disease, and mental illness) were more likely than those without such health problems to live in food insecure households. The researchers found a 'dose-response' relationship whereby the more chronic health problems someone had the more extreme their experience of food insecurity.
The researchers suggest two main reasons for these findings: 1. The additional cost of managing illness (drugs, travel to and from appointments, special dietary needs etc.) results in people having less money to buy food, and 2. Coping with chronic illness also is likely to limit people's ability to manage with scarce resources - to shop around for bargains, to negotiate with creditors, to seek assistance from family, friends and charitable programs and employ the other tools that people have to use to try and manage the competing demands on their budget.
The study gives health professionals and policymakers new information to design interventions to prevent people with chronic illnesses from experiencing food insecurity and to lessen impacts on their immediate and long-term health.
More information: Valerie Tarasuk, Andrew Mitchell, Lindsay McLaren, and Lynn McIntyre, Chronic Physical and Mental Health Conditions among Adults May Increase Vulnerability to Household Food Insecurity, J. Nutr. 2013 jn.113.178483; first published online August 28, 2013.DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.178483


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Federal IT: Pay For Results, Not Services
Value-based arrangements can help agencies reduce up-front investments and improve results.
March 17, 2014
Internet Of Things: 8 Cost-Cutting Ideas For Government
Internet Of Things: 8 Cost-Cutting Ideas For Government (Click image for larger view and slideshow.)
Today's tough fiscal times have dictated a new leadership mindset in government -- one that focuses on limiting taxpayer dollars to initiatives that generate results. Executives have the added challenge of navigating through multiple technology innovations: mobile, big data, the cloud, digital, and cyberservices.
Government leaders remain understandably uncertain about the impact of these technologies and whether investments made in them will deliver the intended results. One way to reduce that uncertainty involves the use of value-based arrangements.
A value-based arrangement uses an outcome-based contract to ensure results. Such arrangements can save costs because payments depend on vendor performance -- a portion of service provider fees are put "at risk," with payment based on outcomes delivered. Value-based arrangements can enable agencies to initiate programs with less risk and at lower costs while keeping goals on track.
[Lowest-price, technically acceptable contracts reduce costs but sacrifice long-term value. Here's why: PTA Contracts Stifle Government Innovation.]
In a typical value-based arrangement, the vendor assumes the majority of the up-front costs of assessing an agency's needs and opportunities for cost savings and performance improvements. For example, in a traditional arrangement, an agency might spend $50,000 per week for an initial assessment, benchmarking work, and project development. In a value-based model, the vendor takes on those costs, with the intent of sharing the savings and benefits generated when the government implements the program. Eliminating these up-front costs enables agencies to pursue projects they may have previously considered too expensive while potentially adding improvements.
Value-based arrangements focus on cost reduction, efficiency and revenue gains, and service improvements. The service provider is responsible for delivering measurable value, and if it doesn't perform, it doesn't get paid. In this model, agencies get more than support or services -- they get results.
Once a project has been executed, both parties reap the rewards: The agency achieves its goals with little or no up-front program investment, and the vendor is compensated based on a percentage of the results achieved. The contract typically includes a financial cap to ensure the agency realizes the bulk of the ongoing rewards -- funds that can be reinvested back to the project.
Though value-based arrangements started with procurement specialists and financial leaders, their application has caught on with CIOs and IT organizations in both the public and private sectors as a way to tie technical initiatives to the success of mission-critical programs. In addition, organizations and agencies recognize the benefit of applying an outcome-based mindset to the creative delivery of services.
The healthcare industry offers an excellent example, with its adoption of contracts that emphasize demonstrated performance in delivering care to individuals at lower costs. Value-based purchasing also drives employers and other purchasers to gather and analyze information on the costs and quality of competing health plans. They contract selectively with provider organizations based on demonstrated performance and commitments to improve performance with lower costs. The best-performing plans and providers are rewarded with greater volume of enrollees or patients.
By design, value-based arrangements represent a significant departure from the traditional "incentive" approach. Rather than providing a bonus for a job well done, value-based arrangements focus on generating outcomes. This aligns the risk of the project with the rewards, which are ultimately shared by both parties. The approach also increases effectiveness by created a true partnership with shared commitments and incentives.
Federal agencies, and IT departments in particular, must maximize the effectiveness of their increasingly limited resources. They need to balance the budget and realize tangible benefits. Value-based arrangements can help them share risk, reduce up-front investment, and sharpen their focus on successful outcomes.
Trying to meet today's business technology needs with yesterday's IT organizational structure is like driving a Model T at the Indy 500. Time for a reset. Read our Transformative CIOs Organize For Success report today (free registration required).
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Sugar Ray Leonard, Errol Spence Jr., Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao & More Discuss Saturday, September 8 Matchup Live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn & Presented by Premier Boxing Champions
BROOKLYN (September 5, 2018) – Top welterweight stars of the past, present and future have weighed in with their thoughts on the highly anticipated matchup that pits former welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter against each other for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Title Saturday, September 8 in the main event live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and features a welterweight title eliminator between Cuba's Yordenis Ugas and Argentina's Cesar Barrionuevo and heavyweight action that pits unbeaten Polish slugger Adam Kownacki against former heavyweight champion Charles Martin.
Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, in association with DSG Promotions, start at $50 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com, or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center. Group discounts are available by calling 844-BKLYN-GP.
Here is what a group of current and former welterweight fighters had to say about the Garcia vs. Porter world title showdown:
SUGAR RAY LEONARD, Hall of Famer & Former Unified Welterweight World Champion
"I feel the Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter fight has the makings of an exciting fight from what I've seen of both of these talented fighters. So here is my prediction based on what I feel both fighters bring into the ring.
"Garcia will win if he uses his jab to keep Porter at bay and off balance, but Porter gains a victory if he connects and hurts Garcia early and makes him abandon his boxing ability and fight like a slugger — as I did with my first fight vs Roberto Duran.
"This is how I see this matchup, which should be an exciting fight!"
ERROL SPENCE JR., Unbeaten IBF Welterweight World Champion
"I definitely want to fight the winner of Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter. That's a close fight. I always picked against Danny Garcia in the past, and he always proved me wrong. Shawn Porter's always a tough fight, because he's going to come forward and give it his all. He's basically trying to mug you. But for this fight, it's hard to go against Danny Garcia. I pick Danny Garcia to win a split decision."
KEITH THURMAN, WBA Welterweight World Champion; Former Unified Champion
"I honestly love this fight, and I consider it a tremendous battle and one of the best matchups of the year. For me, having fought both of them, I do believe that each is capable of hurting the other and getting one another out of there.
"I know most fans are going to lean toward Danny Garcia with his knockout power and the potential for that. Then there is Shawn, who's got a decent punch, even though he focuses on his output more than his one-punch solid blow and has it in his arsenal to hurt Danny Garcia.
"I wouldn't bet on Shawn getting the knockout, but I would on Shawn getting the victory, simply because of his output. I think Danny's only chance of winning is by knockout, but even as a gambling man, I can't put my money on Danny getting it. I'm taking Shawn Porter by decision."
MANNY PACQUIAO, Multiple-Time Welterweight World Champion
"I'm going to give the edge to Danny Garcia. They're both gritty fighters, but I think Garcia is a little more technical with a little more ring generalship. It should be a great fight, and there's a possibility of me fighting the winner, but we'll have to see what happens."
MIKEY GARCIA, Four-Division World Champion
"I think this is a very good matchup. Shawn Porter is the kind of athlete who is always bringing the fight to you with pressure and volume punching. They both come to fight and they can both take it and dish it out.
"Danny Garcia can use his skills to box on the outside and work from a distance. I think Danny will be able to box a little more and win more of the tight rounds in a very close fight. I'm not sure if it will be a split-decision or a unanimous decision. I believe that Danny will use more of those tactics to win an exciting decision."
YORDENIS UGAS, Top Welterweight Contender
"I have much respect for Shawn Porter, and I think it will be a great fight.
Danny Garcia has more technique and he's also faced and beaten better opponents than Porter. I am leaning toward Danny Garcia to pull off the victory."
ROBERT GUERRERO, Former Multiple Division World Champion
"This will be a very entertaining fight for the fans. I can see Danny putting up a good fight, but Porter is going to make the fight rough, and Garcia doesn't like those type of fights. I'm going with Porter to win by split decision."
VICTOR ORTIZ, Former Welterweight World Champion
"I think it's going to be a fast-paced fight. Shawn will be pushing forward, making it rough on Danny, and Danny will be trying to control the distance. I'm going with Danny, giving him the slight edge and saying he wins by a decision."
JAMAL JAMES, Welterweight Contender
"It's a good one. Shawn is busier than Danny, more active and carries a lot of momentum when he fights. But that's not always a good thing because Garcia has power with his timing, he might be able to catch Porter coming in. I'm thinking that Shawn Porter pulls it off. "
BRANDON RIOS, Former World Champion & Welterweight Title Challenger
"That's a really tough fight to predict. If Danny can counter really well and keep Shawn Porter off of him while Porter's coming in, then I see Danny stopping him.
"But if Shawn Porter is able to pressure Danny like he usually does, I don't see Shawn Porter stopping Danny, or anything, but I see him winning by split-decision if he can be in his chest all night long. But if Porter gets nailed with one of those left hooks or a straight right hand, I say Porter goes down. I'm going to go with Danny because he knocked me out."
BRYANT PERRELLA, Welterweight Prospect
"It could come down to how well Shawn Porter can take Danny Garcia's punches in a fight that's really hard to predict, and how well Danny can move, given that he's not known for having fast feet similar to a guy like Keith Thurman.
"But if Shawn can get close and smother Danny's punches, he will make it a difficult fight. But Danny's got really heavy hands and sits on his shots well, timing and counter-punching guys, so Porter could play into his hands.
"Based off of clean, effective hard shots and giving him the edge in the close, competitive rounds, I'm leaning toward Danny Garcia. Shawn is tough as nails, so I see it going the distance, but just the slight edge to Danny."
SAMMY VASQUEZ JR., Welterweight Contender
"I'm going with Shawn Porter. Not by stoppage, but Shawn creates too much pressure and Danny Garcia doesn't throw enough punches and doesn't deal with pressure. You saw that when he fought Guerrero, who wasn't looking too bad in that fight.
"Danny can win by knockout if he catches Shawn with that hook, but Shawn's a workhorse and he puts forth far more pressure than I think Danny's ever seen in a fight. Shawn may not be susceptible to it if he doesn't have the proper head movement, but I believe that he will."
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Bank snafu Gmail missive never opened
And never will be
The confidential email at the heart of a roundabout US lawsuit against Google was never opened, according to the bank that accidentally sent the missive to the wrong Gmail account.
This summer, according to court documents, an unnamed employee with the Wyoming-based Rocky Mountain Bank was asked by a customer to send some loan documents to a Gmail account used by a third party. But the employee mistakenly sent them to different Gmail account, along with another confidential file packed with the names, addresses, tax IDs, and loan info for 1,325 of the bank's customers.
The bank attempted to retrieve the documents, sending additional messages to the account, but did not receive a reply. And when Google rightly refused to release the identity of the person behind the account, the bank sued the web giant in federal court.
On Friday, the court issued a temporary restraining order, insisting that Google shut the account down and divulge whether the account was still active and whether the confidential info had been viewed. And if the account was indeed active, Google was also ordered to divulge the user's identity and contact information.
Google complied with the order, but in an email to The Reg, the company declined to say what information was revealed. Repeated calls to a lawyer for the Rocky Mountain Bank went unanswered, but according to a report from CNET News, the bank has said that the confidential message was never opened and that it has now been permanently deleted.
The case underlines what should be obvious to Google watchers: Though the company vows to protect your personal data, it can be compelled by court order or subpoena or natural security letter to divulge such info. And then there's the judge's ill-advised decision to order the deactivation of a bystander's email account.
According to court papers, it has now been reactivated. ®